About Research Department:
Key activities of Research Directorate includes R&D Projects, Specification related Projects, Establishment of R&D Centers, MoU activity with foreign institutes, Apex level Meeting (On behalf of DG/RDSO) & ISO Cell
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Brief recent achievement:
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Recognition under “One Nation One Standard” Scheme of BIS
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Identification of R&D Projects and Training of manpower with Academia
Current assignment in hand:
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Measurement of vertical and lateral forces coming on the rails of straight track in in-situ condition, in different sections on Indian Railway.
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Design and Development of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) based Wheel impact load detector (WILD) system
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Centers for Railway Research (CRRs) at IITs (Kanpur, Roorkee & madras)
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Preparation of specifications for wayside systems viz. HAHW, MVIS etc.
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Integrated Management system (IMS) Certification of RDSO
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Centre of Excellence for Bogie Design